Patana News Volume 18 Issue 22

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Friday 24th January 2020

Volume 22 Issue 18

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WE ARE RIGOROUS Engaging, Exploring and Questioning the World Around Us

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Achieving Success/Managing Air Quality in School/Model United Nations

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We are Rigorous Jason Cooper, Primary Principal

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s educators we are constantly on the lookout for new information and research that provides us with insights into how the brain learns. This understanding of what is happening in the brain is crucial in ensuring that the learning experiences we design for our students are deliberate in utilising strategies that we know help the brain to learn most effectively. I recently read a book called ‘Brain Rules’ by John Medina, which outlines principles for ‘surviving and thriving at work, home, and school’. These principles use scientific and neurological research to confirm much of what we have instinctively known and also provide some new and interesting insights. Below I will share the principles and some quotes that support each of them: Exercise: • Physically fit children identify visual stimuli much faster than sedentary ones. They appear to concentrate better.

• Physical activity is cognitive candy. To improve your thinking skills, move!

Sleep • Loss of sleep hurts attention, executive function, working memory, mood, quantitative skills, logical reasoning, and even motor dexterity.

Stress • Certain types of stress really hurt learning, but some types of stress boost learning.

• In almost every way it can be tested, chronic distress hurts our ability to learn.

Wiring • Our brains are so sensitive to external inputs that their physical wiring depends upon the culture in which they find themselves.

• What you do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like—it literally rewires it.

Attention • The more the brain pays attention to a given stimulus, the more elaborately the information will be encoded - that is, learned - and retained.

Memory • People usually forget 90 percent of what they learn in a class within 30 days.

• Providing examples makes the information more elaborative, more complex, better encoded, and therefore better learned.

• Thinking and talking a lot about information soon after we encounter it (elaborate rehearsal) helps commit it to memory.

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Senses • Reading is a relatively slow way to put information into the brain.

• Smell can evoke memory.

• Students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on-screen text.

Vision • Visual processing doesn’t just assist in the perception of the world. It dominates the perception of our world.

• Even when we read, most of us try to visualise what the text is telling us.

Music • Some scientists think we are born musical.

• Music has been part of the cultural expression of virtually every culture ever studied.

• During WW1, hospitals in the UK employed musicians for wounded soldiers in convalescence. It seemed to not only calm them down but also to reduce their pain.

Gender • Gender biases hurt real people in real-world situations.

When girl best friends communicate with each other, they lean in, maintain eye contact, and do a lot of talking.

They use their sophisticated verbal talents to cement their relationships. Boys never do this. They rarely face each other directly, preferring either parallel or oblique angles. They make little eye contact, their gaze always casting about the room. They do not use verbal information to cement their relationships. Instead, commotion seems to be the central currency of a little boy’s social economy. Doing things physically together is the glue that cements their relationships.

Exploration • Babies are the model of how we learn—not by passive reaction to the environment but by active testing through observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion.

By the first grade, for example, children learn that education means an A grade. They begin to understand that they can acquire knowledge not because it is interesting, but because it can get them something. Fascination can become secondary to “What do I need to know to get the grade?” But I also believe the curiosity instinct is so powerful that some people overcome society’s message to go to sleep intellectually and they flourish anyway.

It would seem that how we learn may be even more important than what we learn. Learning experiences that are contextual and invoke a sensory and emotional response stand a better chance of cementing that learning to long term meaningful memory. Our students at Bangkok Patana are extremely fortunate due to the wide range of experiences they are exposed to; experiences that encourage them to engage with, explore, and question the word around them. It’s no wonder our students love learning so much.

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Achieving Success: Combining Attitude and Aptitude Suzanne Lindley, Secondary Assistant Principal Curriculum and Assessment

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e are delighted and proud to share with the Patana community further academic success; six of our students are recipients of the Pearson Edexcel Outstanding Learner Awards for their outstanding results achieved in the May/June 2019 exam series.

These students achieved the highest score in their subject, competing against thousands of others who took the same subject in Thailand and globally.

Clara Boucher (Year 11) scored the highest score in all of Asia for her GCSE in PE, and Prin Pulkes achieved the top score in all three Sciences in Thailand. In addition, one student from Year 13, Yuqing Wu, studied extra qualifications independently alongside her IB programme and achieved the highest mark for A Level Physics (an equivalent qualification to IB). Yuqing has now gone on to study Physics with Theoretical Physics at Imperial University (London).

In Art, it is especially pleasing that Tam, Yunnan and Fai achieved a high degree of success in each of the art disciplines that we offer at Key Stage 4 – Fine Art, Graphic Communication and Photography. The examples you can see demonstrate the high quality output of our students and the variety, creativity and skill in the work they produce.

These students will be invited to receive their awards at a ceremony in March 2020.

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Clara Boucher

Highest Mark in Asia

GCSE Physical Education

Yunnan Dumnernchanvanich

Highest Mark in Thailand

Fasai (Prin) Pulkes

Highest Mark in Thailand

GCSE Art and Design: Graphic Communication IGCSE Biology IGCSE Chemistry IGCSE Physics

Dollapak (Tam) Sakulpanich

Highest Mark in Thailand

GCSE Art and Design: Photography

Kanlayarak (Fai) Tangkaravakoon

Highest Mark in Thailand

GCSE Art and Design: Fine Art

Yuqing Wu

Highest Mark in Thailand

International Advanced Level Physics

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Managing Air Quality in School A

s we are currently in a season of high air pollution, we thought it would be good to share some of the efforts undertaken by the school to manage this phenomenon.

During the period of bad pollution in Bangkok in early 2019, Bangkok Patana School looked at various options to help the school better manage days with high pollution indices, particularly in terms of the internal environment.

Numerous discussions were had internally, with external consultants and other international schools and a number of action items were committed for completion by December 2019.

Daily notifications of Air Quality have been provided ensuring the community is fully apprised at all times. These include physical boards near the main gates and icons on the Firefly dashboard available to students, parents and staff.

The school has invested in both indoor and outdoor air quality monitoring systems. They are placed indoors and outdoors around the campus. Currently the school monitors these readings and is keeping a comparative record. So far, the outdoor readings are generally close to the reading from the government station at Bangna. (This is the one currently used as per our Air Quality Policy).The government station at Bangna remains our main reference point. For decision making. Similarly, the school follows US EPA air quality standards for decision making.

The biggest project has been the installation of pre-cooled, fresh air systems for all buildings at school. These are fitted with Merv 14 filters (MERV is a standard by which the effectiveness of air filters is measured. Any filter with a Merv rating greater than 13 is considered to be a High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestance (HEPA) filter, often used for hospitals and scientific research lab applications). This project was completed in time for the current academic year. We believe this is the most ambitious effort amongst international schools in Thailand. Inside all our buildings, not just in classrooms, we reap the benefits of cleaner and fresher air.

The systems are currently turned on at 2.00am so there is enough time to filter the air and ensure it is at optimum levels before students and staff arrive. As students arrive, air quality may drop somewhat as doors open and close and unfiltered air enters the building. The system is turned off around 4.00pm as the spaces are no longer being used. Our extensive solar energy array has helped to mitigate the energy cost of the fresh air system.

The school tracks the Air Quality Index from Bangna station hourly and then compares it to sensors that monitor air quality in the buildings continuously. The following graphs show the comparison of our indoor air quality compared to outside air and indeed the success of the project.

The PTG held an information session on Air Quality in November 2019. The presentation from that session can be accessed here. Graphs for the rest of the school can be found here.

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Transport Corner

ECAs for Year 1 – Year 6 students finish Friday 17th January. Secondary ECAs will continue until Friday 7th February.

PRIMARY PARENTS RESIDENTIAL INFORMATION Please plan your transport arrangements in advance Wednesday or Friday return day – All school for the departure and return dates of your child/ren’s transport home is cancelled for students coming back Residential Week. Please email Transport any changes in from a Residential. If you wish your child to get a 2:30 advance to transport@patana.ac.th. school bus home, please contact transport to book a seat.

PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL WEEK 1 AND 2: TRANSYEAR 4 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORT PORT AND ECA INFORMATION FOR PRIMARY Monday of Residential Week – School transport to STUDENTS IN YEAR 3 - 6. and from school as usual.

During Primary Residential Trips (27th Jan – 31st Jan and Tuesday of Residential Week – Buses will be provided 3rd Feb –7th Feb) there will be no ECAs except for to school as normal. If you wish to bring your child to • TigerSharks Swim Academy Years 3 to 6 school using your own transport, please CANCEL the bus in advance to avoid delays to other users.

• Gymnastics Academy Years 3 to 6 Friday of Residential Week – All school transport home • Tennis Academy Years 4, 5 and 6 is cancelled for students coming back from a Residential.

• Tigers Dance Company – Juniors (2 hours) Monday If you wish your child to get a 2:30 school bus home, please contact transport to book a seat.

• Dutch Year 6 YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORT • Danish Years 1 to 6 Monday morning - School transport provided as • Singapore Mandarin Years 3 to 6 normal. If you will be bringing your child to school please CANCEL the bus in advance to avoid unnecessary delays • Smile Club CAT (Thursdays) to other users.

• Golf Varsity team training (Mondays and Thursdays) Friday afternoon - All school transport home is Primary students not on residential will travel home on cancelled for students coming back from a Residential. a 2.30pm bus unless they have one of the above ECAs. If you wish your child to get a 2:30 school bus home, During this week, the mix of children on each bus or the bus please contact transport to book a seat. children travel on may change. You will only be contacted via email or SMS if it is necessary to amend your normal FOUNDATION STAGE, YEAR 1 AND 2: Transport to and from school as normal. ECAs have pick up time in the morning. finished and all students will be on their default bus home YEAR 3 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORT at 2.30pm except for students in the Danish ECA. Monday or Wednesday departure day - Buses will be provided to school as normal. If you wish to bring your SECONDARY STUDENTS: ECA programme will continue as normal until Friday 7th child to school using your own transport, please CANCEL February. the bus in advance to avoid delays to other users.

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A Weekend of Model United Nations: CISSMUN IN SHANGHAI Samantha Wallace, 12B

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ISSMUN is an annual event in the Model United Nations (MUN) calendar hosted at Concordia International School of Shanghai. It gives delegates from various skill levels the opportunity to hone their debating techniques and network with students from over 20 international schools from Indonesia to Hong Kong. From Bangkok Patana, there were seven delegates from Year 10 and Year 12 representing the delegation of Burkina Faso in committees such as Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) and the Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS).

In preparation for this trip, thorough research was necessary to comprehend the various topics ranging from child marriage to genetic engineering of embryos - that were likely unheard of before the conference - to be discussed in each committee. Although preparation can be a challenging process in MUN, it is extremely crucial in having a strong start in the conferences. This is a key reason why MUN allows students to realise the expansiveness of the world around them that can be easily disregarded despite these teenagers probably becoming the ones to make the necessary changes and actions for our future.

A vast congregation of students entered the school on a chilly winter day in Shanghai, wearing their smartest dress, filled with anticipation of the next few days ahead. Chatter filled the room for a while until drums began to echo through the room. Students from CISS began a cultural performance in the opening ceremony. After this, we moved to our committee rooms and began opening speeches. Delegates had prepared intricate research on their topics and written opening speeches as well as resolutions. Intellectual energy filled the air in each forum as students collaborated their ideas during lobbying and merging.

The next two days of debate passed more swiftly than expected. Personally, I found the topic of the safety of religious pilgrimages fascinating as I hadn’t heard of it previously. It was reassuring to know that topics like these do not go unnoticed. What I enjoyed most was hearing varied opinions from the seventy delegates in my committee as well as learning more about social, economic and cultural issues.

Undeniably tired after days of debating, we departed to sunny Bangkok where we would find ourselves missing the freezing Shanghai air - and of course the eye opening CISSMUN experience.

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From Bangkok to Shanghai

HISMUN III AT HARROW Shriya Srivastava, 12C

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n the 18th and 19th of January, seven students from Bangkok Patana School attended the HISMUN III conference at Harrow International School. These included myself, Priya Shah, Manya Mittal, Odele Pang, Tarini Chowla, Linzhi (Lily) Xiao, Jake Jenkins as well as Patrick Ledoit, who chaired the Economic and Social Council.

Upon arrival, we proceeded to be seated in the main hall, where we realised that there weren't as many people as we expected. This, however, did not get in the way of fruitful and engrossing debate. On the second day, all of the delegates wholly participated in the General Assembly, which we all found to be very entertaining. Two of us had to submit a resolution, which proved to be quite difficult within the given timeframe.

Odele and Fai both won Best Delegate for their committees, whereas Lily and I received a Special Mention. All in all, the entire conference proved to be an enriching learning experience for all of us, and I'm sure that all of us are just as, if not more eager, to attend more such conferences in the future.

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Four Days of Ice Hockey in Shenzhen Angel Li Yun Lin, 8P

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looked out the window of the plane and watched the city grow as we got closer to the ground. There were about twenty of us, all girls, and we were the only international team playing in the tournament. We touched down in Shenzhen, checked into our hotel and went straight to the hockey rink for our first game. Everyone was blown away at the size and quality of the rink, which was nicer than anything we had played on in the past.

After we got into our gear, we stepped out onto the ice. I was pretty nervous but more excited than anything.

The referee dropped the puck and the match started. Our team took control of the puck early, and when the timer ran out, we had won 6 - 2. Our second game that day didn’t go as well, and we lost 2 -4.

All of the teams competing were very skilled, meaning every game was a challenge. During the following two days we won all of our games, taking us to the finals. We were up against the highest ranked girls’ team in China, and everyone was super duper nervous! It was an intense match, and we ended up losing. However, everyone had played their hardest, and it was a great experience. Later that night we had the chance to watch a professional women’s ice hockey game China vs Russia. The players were incredibly fast and had amazing teamwork, which really inspired all of us. Overall it was a fantastic experience, and I made some new friends along the way.

I am definitely looking forward to the next time I get to play in Shenzhen.

Dropping off personal items

ALL ITEMS FOR STUDENTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE SECONDARY OR PRIMARY OFFICE DIRECTLY. THE PERSON DROPPING OFF THE ITEM MUST HAVE A PATANA CARD OR BE ABLE TO EXCHANGE ID FOR A VISITOR’S PASS. ITEMS FOR PARENTS MUST BE DROPPED OFF AT THE PTG ROOM.

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Biology Students Travel to Khao Yai National Park Premika Ilyas, 12F

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he Biology trip was a three night, four day trip from 6th to 9th January in Khao Yai National Park. It was a trip prepared to enhance our Biology field work skills as we study Plant Science and Ecology as part of our IB course.

The group I was in did a range of different field work activities. These activities included doing a forest transect, fresh water invertebrate study in different areas of a river in the park and collection and observation of grassland organisms.

When we were in the grassland, my group decided to collect data on the abundance and the richness of the organisms caught in both the short and long grasslands. To our surprise we caught a lot more organisms than we had expected in both the areas chosen. We mainly caught grasshoppers; however there were many different species of grasshopper to observe and identify. The fun part was getting them into the specimen containers because they would keep trying to escape. Furthermore, it was very interesting to have the ranger who was accompanying us explain how each grasshopper adapted well to its surrounding environment. Our ranger also educated us on the timings at which certain animals would appear, for example elephants. However, we didn’t stay long enough to see any wild elephants although we were keeping an eye out for them.

On the third day, we went bird watching and trekking. In the beginning I did not understand the fascination around bird watching; however, the rewarding feeling of finally spotting a bird that was unique was really amusing especially when working with a group of friends. I saw birds that I have never come across before like hornbills, which Khao Yai is notorious for. Not only did we spot birds, we also spotted gibbons in the far away canopy layer of the forest swinging from branch to branch. Throughout, our entire trek we’d often come across animal feces and markings that indicate the presence of specific animals around the area. The ranger identified plants that had medicinal properties and also explained how plants pollinate differently, which correlated with our biological studies. The evening had one of the most exciting activities because we were given the option of going bat watching! Although this did not involve much conversing about ecology, I do think it was a good way to end the trip as I have never seen an endless swarm of bats flying above.

Overall this trip made me enjoy ecology more than if the lessons were to be set in a classroom environment only. It also helped us to develop necessary skills needed for the Biology course. Seeing a variety of insects, birds and other animals was very intriguing to me as a learner as it made me realise that these creatures are so much more than what is written in the textbooks. This would trip would definitely be a memorable last school trip for me.

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Kids’ Lit Quiz Tests Students on their Knowledge

Advaita (Advi) Sinha, 8M The Kids’ Lit Quiz was held at NIST on the 15th January. Teams from all around the country came to demonstrate their knowledge of novels, authors and literature in general. Three teams from Bangkok Patana joined the nineteen teams in attendance, all wanting to win that trip to New Zealand, and of course be crowned Thailand’s champions. The quiz was run by Wayne Mills, the founder of the quiz and the man who has read enough books to write several thousand questions per year.

There were ten categories in the quiz with cryptic titles, which gave us no clue as to what they were about until the questions were asked. We had to place a ‘Joker’ on one of the categories before the quiz started. My team, Patana Team 2, placed our joker on ‘Mythology’ so for every question we got right in that round our score was doubled. The heats continued throughout the morning, from 10.00am to nearly 1.00pm when we broke for lunch.

During our lunch break, the markers had to add up all our scores from all ten categories to see which teams would make it into the top seven and compete for the Thailand Cup, and more importantly compete for their place in the World Final. I’m happy to say that two out of the three teams from Bangkok Patana made it to the Thailand final. In the afternoon, instead of having written answers, we had buzzers on each table. Everyone was quite excited about that.

The buzzers were programmed to be extremely sensitive to touch and if one team pressed their buzzers, the others would deactivate until reset.

There were five categories in the afternoon and like the morning, we didn’t know what questions were going to be asked. The tension in the room crept higher after each question and eyes kept flicking to the scoreboard on display.

Soon, the last question of the day was asked and a sigh of relief echoed through the room. Everyone was silent as the final score appeared on the big screen. First place - NIST, second- St Andrews and third- Bangkok Prep. Patana Team 2 came fourth and Patana Team 3 came fifth. Bangkok Patana had again made it to the Top 7, and although we didn’t win, we had a fantastic day.

New 2020/21 Calendar Here

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Trinity Awards Thailand 2019 C

ongratulations to Year 8 student Krista Shim for her win in Rock and Pop Vocals, Rank 1; Grade 6 in Trinity Awards Thailand 2019 with 94 marks.

Great job Krista! We look forward to hearing her sing at one of the upcoming concerts!

Thai Basic Conversational Course for Adults (Parents)

Please register via email at thai@patana.ac.th by Monday 3rd February, 2020 The invoice will be submitted in class.

THAI BASIC CONVERSATION FOR COMPLETE BEGINNER This course is designed for non-Thai speakers who have absolutely no previous experience in the Thai language.

Students will get the opportunity to learn how to greet and introduce themselves, basic vocabulary for social contexts including food, drinks, shopping, asking for directions, the date, the time and engagement with Thai culture.

Day :

Thursday

Time :

8:00 am.- 10:00 am.

Period :

20/02/20 –26/03/20 (6 sessions)

Cost:

4,200 Baht (700 baht/session)

Places :

6-12

Teacher:

Khun Nittaya

Venue:

CON 426

THAI CONVERSATION FOR INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS This course is designed for students who already have a basic grasp of the Thai language. Topics will cover grammar, everyday life vocabulary to be used in conversation and Thai culture that is useful for learners to communicate in Thai social contexts.

Day :

Monday

Time :

08.00 am. – 10:00 am.

Period :

24/02/20 – 30/03/20 (6 sessions)

Cost:

4,200 Baht (700 baht/session)

Places :

6-12

Teacher:

Khun Nittaya

Venue:

CON 426

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Varsity Golfers Join Eagle Cup at ASB Nuttawat (Password) Sudjitporn, 13L

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n Sunday, the Varsity Golf team did very well in the Eagle Cup tournament hosted by American School of Bangkok (ASB). This is particularly impressive considering how young most of the players were. It was even a first tournament for one of them. Special mention goes to Ayumi Ishihara who won best net score for her age category with an impressive 64. Team captain Password came 3rd in his respective age category. The Varsity Golf team will head to Norwich Invitational in 2 weeks’ time to compete again.

Anapana (Mindfulness of Breathing) Course

SUNDAY 2ND FEBRUARY STUDENTS AGED 8 - 16 Anapana (Mindfulness of breathing) teaches students improved concentration skills and enhances calmness of the mind. This technique helps to relieve anxiety and is very useful at exam time to calm those nerves, but also for every day life.

The course is completely free!

To enroll please contact Eva Sophonpanich at evasophon@hotmail.com for all further information.

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STUDENTS SPEAK Are Compostable Plastics Damaging Our Environment?

Karnsiree (Ling Ling) Chen, 13I

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isposable plastic has worked its way into almost every product: from cups and straws to exfoliator beads and glitter fragments. Out of the 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic thrown away since mass-production in the 1950s, only 600 million tonnes have been recycled – with 4.9 billion tonnes festering in landfills or the natural environment. As awareness of the impacts of plastic pollution has increased, new technologies have developed environmentally friendly plastic options. But while these items are labeled compostable and biodegradable: what does this really mean?

disappeared entirely within three months in seawater.

In soil it remained intact for two years but disintegrated when the researchers loaded it with shopping. The rest of the bags – including the one labelled “biodegradable” – were still present in both soil and sea water after three years and could even hold shopping.

To test how different kinds of plastic bags fare in different environments, Imogen Napper collected biodegradable, compostable, and oxo-biodegradable, as well as conventional high density polyethylene (HDPE) carrier bags and put them in three different natural environments over a period of three years: buried in soil, left in the sea, and hung up in the open air. She tested bags labelled as.

So, as of right now, one of the biggest barriers to the reduction of plastic waste is public misinformation. In order to see true improvement, how compostables should be treated must be clarified. A clear labeling system will help support this, but it will take time for complete implementation. In the meantime, do your best to use recycling bins and avoid food contamination of disposable plastics as much as possible- doing your part can make a difference in lessening environmental impact!

After nine months in the open air, all of the bags had disintegrated or were beginning to come apart, mostly breaking down into microplastics. That’s because sunlight helps break down plastics through a process called photo-oxidation, in which the plastic becomes weathered Biodegradable plastics can be broken down by and brittle, eventually fragmenting rather than breaking microbes and turned into biomass, carbon dioxide and down to its organic components. water instead of remaining stable for hundreds of years The biggest problem is due to misinformation as the like regular plastic. Some of them are compostable, which means that in addition to being broken down by microbes, public believes compostable to mean designed to break but they can be turned – alongside food and other organic down in sea or soil, when in reality, this depends upon the waste – into compost. However, a minority of these are process of industrial machines. The more robust PLAs used home compostable, so, the label “compostable” often to line coffee cups and drinking straws won’t break down means industrially compostable. It won’t decompose very at all in seawater. quickly, if at all, on your home compost heap, but will However, compostable plastics do have considerable break down inside industrial equipment. future benefit in food service and enabling plastic and This is a large part of the problem as most bioplastics food waste to be recycled together. By reducing the require industrial composters to break them down after amount of traditional plastics that contaminate food use but cannot be guaranteed to make it to one. In the waste, we can at least ensure that some of that wasted event that they don’t, scientists have conducted tests to food is eventually used as compost, rather than ending up in landfill or incineration. measure environmental impact.

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UNI COUNSELORS’ CORNER WORK EXPERIENCE:

Tianjuta (Pearl) Thianthai, 12M

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year ago, I spent a week working at Bangkok Christian Hospital which gave me countless experiences. I was taken to different parts of the hospital including Physical Therapy, the lab, Pharmacy, Radiology, Pediatrics, Orthopedic and even the laundry. The laundry is where they prepare clothes and sheets for patients at the hospital. I enjoyed the most was probably the Orthopedic and Physical Therapy because I got to help with the patients and was taught about every equipment in the Physical Therapy room and had chance to experiment them.

If I get a chance to study medicine, I would choose to study orthopedic medicine because I would love to know about every muscle, ligaments and tendons and how they work. I’ve experienced various injuries from sports, therefore, it would be even better for me. However, I still wanted to be open to myself and try different things so I have had other work experiences.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT...

SOAS University of London, UK

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he School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, more widely known as SOAS University of London, was founded in 1916 in the heart of central London. It is a leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Divided into three faculties; Arts and Humanities, Languages and Cultures and Law and Social Sciences, it is home to the SOAS School of Law, one of the leading law schools in the UK. The university offers around 350 bachelor’s degrees combinations and hosts a diverse international student body. In fact, 56 percent of students at SOAS are from outside the UK. SOAS has produced notable alumni including many former heads of State such as the President of Ghana, Prime Ministers of Turkey and Mozambique, the Crown Princess of Norway, numerous ambassadors, as well as prominent journalists and writers such as James Harding, Jung Chang and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Upcoming University Visits UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE

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Tiny Tigers Playgroup Openings If you would like to know more about signing up your toddler for our playgroup, age one year and older, contact Mrs Geet Harris in the Admissions office admissions@patana.ac.th or 02785 2206.

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#143: Reading – Digital versus Analogue or Digital and Analogue?

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his article came into my inbox yesterday and I have shared it with a few colleagues already. I though its balanced approach to a contentious issue worth sharing with you. Rather than interpret the article myself, here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite, encouraging you to foster your own “reading resilience” and engage with the full article: Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read anything longer than a screen grab has come to feel like moral panic. But there is plenty of evidence to suggest we must take such unease seriously….

Reading is a learned skill that requires the development of particular neural networks. And different reading platforms encourage the development of different aspects of those networks...

Rather than taking up defensive positions on either side of the digital-analogue reading divide, Wolf encourages us to embrace both. As parents and teachers we can help our children develop a bi-literate reading brain. There are several ways we can do this…

Enjoy the weekend.

Brian Taylor Assistant Principal, Campus Curriculum Technology Integration Direct links in this article: https://www.firstpost.com/living/screen-or-book-embracing-both-sides-of-the-digital-analogue-reading-divide-could-be-beneficialfor-children-7915351.html https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/71cf/5d3dd4a5037003f0bca787874f2d68077cf9.pdf https://now.tufts.edu/articles/slow-down-reader Image courtesy of The Conversation/ Shutterstock.com

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Desert Island Discs With Mariela Bianciotti-Sennecke, Leader of Learning World Languages

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his column follows in the style of the famed BBC podcast which features a celebrity every week – here we feature our own Bangkok Patana celebrities! What eight songs, one luxury item and one book would you take with you if you were stuck on a desert island?

Today Mariela Bianciotti-Sennecke, Leader of Learning World Languages is stuck on a desert island.

MRS BIANCIOTTI-SENNECKE, IF YOU WERE STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WHAT EIGHT PIECES OF MUSIC WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? La Isla Bonita - Madonna One - Mary J. Blige featuring U2 Home by the Sea - Genesis Whataya want from me? - Adam Lambert Ciudad de pobres corazones - Fito Páez De música ligera - Coldplay Live in Buenos Aires (Soda Stereo Cover) Mrs Bianciotti-Sennecke’s Playlist here Merceditas -L os Chalchaleros Algo puede suceder - Juan Pablo Perren /Ámbar Violeta PICK ONE LUXURY ITEM YOU WOULD WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU. THIS ITEM MUST BE INANIMATE AND OF NO USE IN ESCAPING THE ISLAND OR ALLOWING COMMUNICATION FROM OUTSIDE. Caribbean Breeze Sunscreen Lotion WHICH ONE BOOK WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE WITH YOU? Doce Cuentos Peregrinos / Twelve Pilgrim Tales by Gabriel García Márquez Find out more on BBC. Have a list of your own? Let us know! Contact SHKN with your favourites.

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